Steven Rotter

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Executive Vice Chairman

Steven Rotter is an Executive Vice Chairman at Newmark’s New York headquarters. Rotter and partner Howard Hersch, Executive Vice Chairman, co-lead the technology/media team of 16 professionals, which has executed over 410 transactions, both tenant and landlord representation, totaling 12M+ SF since 2018. The group is also currently engaged as landlord representatives for properties in New York City totaling 5.6M SF.

Rotter has been involved in some of New York’s largest and most complex transactions including AXA Equitable’s 800,000 SF lease restructure at 1290 Avenue of the Americas; The Carlyle Group’s 250,000 SF relocation to One Vanderbilt; and KKR’s expansion at 30 Hudson Yards.

Rotter rejoined Newmark after spending 15 years at JLL, most recently serving as Vice Chairman in the Corporate Advisory Services group and co-leading the technology/media team based in New York. Rotter also worked for Golden Gate Financial Group, a San Francisco hedge fund, and owned and managed HomeVestors, a residential rehabilitation company in Chicago.

Partial List of Lease Transactions

Technology/Media tenant representation:

Fanatics: 680,000 SF build-to-suit in Dallas, TX
Match.com: 70,000 SF relocation in Dallas, TX
Tinder: 50,000 SF relocation in Palo Alto, CA
NBCUniversal: 180,000 SF relocation in Boston, MA
Angie’s List: 60,000 SF HQ relocation in Indianapolis, IN
HomeAdvisor: 60,000 SF relocation in New York, NY
Vox Media: 100,000 SF HQ relocation in New York, NY
Plaid: 35,000 SF relocation in New York, NY
Square: 350,000 SF relocation to Oakland, CA
Lyft: 100,000 SF relocation in New York, NY
Netflix: 200,000 SF of new studio space in Brooklyn, NY
Fiserv: 300,000 SF relocation in India
Other notable technology/media clients include: IAC and Uber

Financial Services tenant representation:

KKR: 200,000 SF expansion at 30 Hudson Yards
The Carlyle Group: 250,000 SF relocation to One Vanderbilt
AXA Financial: 420,000 SF lease restructure at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
AXA Financial: 290,000 SF relocation at Newport Tower in Jersey City, NJ
KKR: 144,000 SF expansion and renewal at 9 W. 57th Street, New York, NY
Och Ziff Capital: 100,000 SF renewal at 9 W. 57th Street, New York, NY
Apollo Management: 100,000 SF renewal at 9 W. 57th Street, New York, NY
Grosvenor Capital Management: 40,000 SF relocation to 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
PRA Health Sciences: 175,000 renewal and expansion in Raleigh, NC
Other financial services clients include: Baron Funds, Icahn, QIA, Carlyle and Welsh Carson